Episode 44


    Tang Seo-yeon and I stood facing each other in the center of the vast training hall.


    “This is what I’m betting on.”


    “knife?”


    “Damro (湛盧). Have you ever heard of the fame of Gu Yazi (歐冶子)?”


    “Isn’t he a figure from the previous era? He was said to be the best swordsman in the central region…”


    “This is one of the five famous swords he made in hister years.”


    “Is it okay to bet on something so precious?”


    “Didn’t you say it was an item that could irritate the small cooperatives?”


    Augh escaped me.


    I never would have thought that such a valuable item would be worn on a simple jewel.


    Are you sure that you will never lose?


    Or do people who are directly descended from the five major families have different values than ordinary people?


    I took the sword handed to me by Tang Seo-yeon and looked around.


    “It’s a good sword.”


    “What would you like to bet on?”


    “well. I never thought that Gu Yaja’s famous sword woulde out. “I’m not confident I can offer equivalent conditions.”


    “It doesn’t have to be money or things.”


    “……?”


    “How about something like this? “If I win, the cooperative will grant one request to me.”


    “Anything?”


    “yes. Anything.”


    I frowned slightly.


    You have to do one favor unconditionally.


    What kind of scary conditions exist?


    ‘……I guess it doesn’t matter. ‘I’m going to win anyway.’


    Although his physical condition was far from perfect due to taking Cheondokdan, it did not mean that he was so weak that he could not help a girl who was not even twenty years old.


    I nodded, returning Damro to her.


    “great.”


    Even though my opponent was a direct descendant of the infamous party family, I never had the slightest thought that I would lose.


    Of course, the woman in front of me was probably thinking the same thing as me.


    “I will not call a notary separately. “I believe that if you are a small cooperative, you will keep your promise.”


    “We both share the same. “I will trust Sozer.”


    * * *


    I took the lead first.


    I had no intention of wasting time on exploration.


    The opponent is a poisonous person.


    It would be foolish for a fool to take his time when fighting an opponent skilled in poison poisoning.


    The first herbivorous current month.


    Tang Seo-yeon, who was staring at the sword rising in a gentle curve, lightly shook her wrist.


    A dagger protruding from inside the sleeve was caught in her hand.


    Kakakakak!


    There was an unpleasant friction sound.


    Tang Seo-yeon, who exquisitely tilted her dagger to dodge the attack, immediately went into my arms and struck out with her left hand.


    An unpleasant aura waved across my outstretched palm.


    I pushed Shinhyeong back and held out my left hand toward him.


    Pow!


    The moment our hands shed, the sound of a leather drum exploding rang out.


    A massive light wave swept across the area.


    I jumped into the air despite the shock and muttered as I corrected my posture in the air.


    ‘It’s poison.’


    The tingling sensation I felt at my fingertips seemed to indicate that poisonous energy had infiltrated me.


    Afternding on the ground, he immediately used the White Lightning God Attack to burn off the miasma.


    ‘If it goes on for a long time, my side will be at a disadvantage.’


    A quick decision.


    When dealing with the Tang Dynasty’s Germans, it was better to see the match as quickly as possible.


    I kicked off the ground and rushed towards Tang Seo-yeon.


    Tang Seo-yeon threw down the dagger in her hand and bit Shin Hyeong.


    Kaang!


    I swung my sword and deflected the dagger, and in the next moment, dozens of reflections filled the front.


    Kakakakak!


    I avoided what I could and eliminated the rest.


    In the meantime, Seoyeon Dang, who had widened the distance, held a new memorization in her hands.


    ‘I won’t give up my distance easily.’


    Whoops!


    Kakakakakak!


    Memorizations that I don’t know where they came from kept popping up.


    As I tried to avoid the flying memorization, I couldn’t close the distance.


    ‘The tactic itself isn’t bad.’


    Iughed wildly and kicked the ground hard.


    The high-flying new model drew a parab and fell towards Tang Seoyeon.


    The 19th herbivorous month (播月).


    He swung his sword and unleashed the Wolyeonggeom attack.


    The sword energy spread out in all directions and swept the entire area.


    The memorization that had been flying in all at once bounced away.


    The image of Tang Seo-yeon looking this way with a puzzled expression came into view.


    ‘It looks like you don’t have much experience fighting against high-level warriors, right?’


    She certainly had outstanding skills for her age.


    I also knew how to lead the fight to my advantage.


    However, that alone could not make up for the fundamental gap in capabilities.


    ‘Such a stable fighting method does not work against opponents stronger than oneself.’


    Absolutely! Quick!


    A white electric current flowed through the sword body.


    Tang Seo-yeon instinctively sensed danger and stretched out her right hand forward.


    Following the nking noise, arge spit came out of the sleeve.


    ‘Is it an organ device that fires memorized energy?’


    I avoided it by simply tilting my head back.


    Is it because the number of spleens has be useless?


    Tang Seo-yeon’s face showed a hint of nervousness.


    “Sigh!”


    I immediately got into the gap between her and swung my sword.


    Tang Seo-yeon hurriedly took the chair and countered, but the difference in power was clear.


    A sword strike whose power is amplified by incorporating thunder energy.


    “Wow!”


    Tang Seo-yeon flew away, blood spurting from her mouth, and tumbled awkwardly on the ground.


    I caught up with her right away to finish.


    The moment you try to swing your sword again.


    ‘for a moment.’


    I felt a chill running down my back.


    My intuition rang an rm.


    I felt a sense of difort from the sight of Tang Seo-yeon, who urgently corrected her posture and raised her head.


    ‘I can’t see the ornament that was always on the top of my head.’


    I quickly looked back.


    A golden butterfly had already arrived right in front of my nose.


    ‘Bjeop of the soul of the soul!’


    I was barely able to avoid it by twisting the new model, but a scratch appeared on the back of my neck.


    Even as I breathed a sigh of relief, my vision suddenly changed for a moment.


    ‘poison!’


    My sense of bnce was lost and all strength was drained from my body.


    I immediately used the white thunder energy, rotated the new type around my left foot, and sprayed the Wolyeonggeom’s cutting grass.


    Twenty-third herbivorous month (水月).


    The remnants that remained along the sword’s path crumbled into countless des.


    “Aaaah!”


    Tang Seo-yeon’s scream rang in my ears.


    It seems that I was swept away by the illusion while attacking while my senses were paralyzed.


    After some time, the distorted vision and body sensations returned to normal.


    Seo-yeon Tang was breathing heavily and ring in this direction from a distance away.


    “I was a little surprised.”


    “…….”


    “I think we’ve shown everything we have to show each other, so let’s finish this soon.”


    * * *


    I said, aiming my sword at the neck of Tang Seo-yeon, who was lying on the ground.


    “I think I won.”


    “…….”


    “I will take the damro (湛盧) as promised.


    It was harder than expected.


    Basic skills are good, but I never thought he would be so good at psychological warfare.


    ‘Even considering that it wasn’t in perfect condition, it wasn’t someone who would have this much trouble.’


    Tang Seo-yeon raised her upper body and said with a bitter expression.


    “You are strong as expected.”


    “I was lucky.”


    “no. It wasn’t luck or anything. It’s just that Yeon Sohyeop was much stronger than me.”


    “I have something I want to ask.”


    “……?”


    “Why are you working so desperately on this mission?”


    “What are you talking about?…”


    “I felt it while I was dancing. Sojeo is pouring his all into this dance. “Didn’t you ask me to join you simply because you wanted to find out my skills?”


    “…….”


    “Since you are not answering, I will change the question. “What were you nning to ask me if I won the bet?”


    “I didn’t really think about it.”


    “I didn’t think about it…”


    “I tried to think about it slowly after winning the match.”


    “Then why did you bet on a famous sword?”


    “Honestly, I regret it a little bit. “I made a decision based on emotion without thinking about what would happenter.”


    I narrowed my eyes and sharpened my sword.


    For some reason, I felt like she was seeing someone else through me.


    “Is it possible that the reason you had an affair with me has something to do with you, Master?”


    “It’s a shame, but it is.”


    A voice mixed with self-deprecation.


    A shadow fell over the woman’s face covered in burns.


    “I once asked my benefactor for a favor. “Please ept me as a disciple.”


    “…….”


    “But I was rejected. You cannot learn the martial arts of Tenreimun, so give up. After being rejected several times, I finally gave up and learned my family’s martial arts. In the end, I gave up living as a woman and became a German.”


    I thought I knew why she was so persistent in asking me to do the massage.


    It seems that she wanted to prove her strength to Dokgo Woojin by defeating me.


    “Maybe I felt jealous the moment I saw Sohyeop.”


    “…….”


    I felt like I had a little idea of how Tang Seo-yeon felt when she saw Dok Go Woo-jin taking me as her disciple.


    Of course, Dokgo Woojin would never have been able to ept her as a disciple.


    Isn’t it impossible to kill a close friend’s daughter by drowning her in a fire demon?


    ‘I’d like to clear up any misunderstandings.’


    In my heart, I wanted to say this.


    Baekroe Shingong is said to be a martial art that cannot be learned except with extreme skill.


    The reason why Sojeo was not selected as the contemporary sessor to Cheonleimun was not because she was a woman or because shecked qualifications.


    ‘But that won’t work.’


    If you offerfort in a clumsy way, you could end up incurring resentment.


    In fact, I am an exceptional case in which I learned the White Thunder Godkung even though I was not a despondent.


    Even the same words can beforting or deceptive depending on who says them.


    I didn’t want to upset her by saying something unnecessary.


    “sorry. “I caused trouble to the cooperative by using my childish emotions.”


    “it’s okay.”


    I quietly took my nket and left the training ground.


    Tang Seo-yeon did not follow me or see me off, but just watched me leaving nkly.


    * * *


    Amodation in Hwangryongmugwan.


    I muttered, looking at the ck-edged de as if fascinated.


    “It’s Gu Yaja’s famous sword.”


    I unexpectedly came into possession of a valuable item.


    As I was looking around, I had a strong urge to swing it around right away.


    “…There is no such thing as a monster.”


    I shook my head once and returned the sword to its sheath and ced it under the bed.


    I felt like I could sleepfortably for the first time in a long time.


    Tang Seo-yeon’s situation?


    I already forgot about that.


    My own pleasure took priority over other people’s feelings.


    What are the side effects of taking Cheondokdan?


    For today, I was able tough it off.


    ‘It was a rewarding day.’


    I buried myself in bed with a smile on my face.